Francois Louw has been suspended for three weeks, meaning he will miss the Champions Cup clash with Scarlets on Friday night and next week's West Country derby with Gloucester.

The Bath Rugby and Springbok flanker admitted making contact with the eye area of Benetton Rugby lock Marco Fuser in the win at the Rec last Saturday.

Louw and the club felt he had been bitten before he put his hand on Fuser's face in the 77th minute scuffle, but a disciplinary panel said they had "insufficient evidence" to find the Italian guilty of the charge against him.

They also hear submissions from the EPCR disciplinary officer, Liam McTiernan.

Louw is free to play on Monday, November 6. He is expected to be with South Africa for the autumn internationals next month; meaning the next game he is likely to play for Bath will be away at Exeter Chiefs on December 2.

South Africa play Wales that weekend, but as it is outside the autumn Test window Bath don't have to release him.